October 22, 2011, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Ajax Library, 55 Harwood Avenue South. Tickets are $15.00 and available at the Main Branch Library. A talk about my writing experiences will be followed by a question and answer session. There will be a light lunch.  For more information call 905-683-4000 ext. 8811 or visit www.townofajax.com/library.

Reading on Word on the Street on September 25th. Readings are connected with the Trillium Award and the Toronto Book Award nomination. Also, reading at other venues, at other dates.

http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/tba/

Enrollment is still open for 2 classes at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies at the St George campus.

Writing the Novel: Introduction 20 Sep 2011 - 22 Nov 2011.

Writing the Novel II 05 Oct 2011 - 23 Nov 2011

http://learn.utoronto.ca/Page4.aspx

I will be hosting the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Finalists At Harbourfront on Wednesday, October 26th at the Brigantine Room

Festival of South Asian Letters and Arts 2011. I will be moderating and reading on Friday September 30th and October 1st.

http://www.fsala11.com/.

• In the North -  Torngat Mountains National Park with Shelagh Rogers and five other writers: Alissa York, Sarah Leavitt, Joseph Boyden, and Noah Richler. If you’re on Facebook, visit the National Parks Project.